The Meditations | Book Review

The Meditations | Marcus Aurelius Awards : None Meditations is a nonfiction collection of the personal thoughts of stoic philosopher and Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Written to himself, Marcus Aurelius address the Nature of life, the Self Directing Mind, reason, how he ought to engage with mankind, what it means to live properly in the…

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A Time To Rise | Book Review

A Time to Rise  |  Nadine Brandes | Out of Time Book 3 Awards : None She was ready to die. She was supposed to die. But Parvin Blackwater is very much alive. In the final installment of the Out of Time Series, Parvin won't let anything—including death— stop her from tearing down the Wall…

A Time to Speak | Book Review

A Time to Speak  |  Nadine Brandes  |  Out of Time Book 2 Awards : None Parvin's Clock foretelling her death has zeroed out—and she's still alive. She's returned back across the Wall to her village in the USE only to find herself an outcast. Living as a Radical, free from her Clock and USE control, Parvin…

A Time to Die | Book Review

A Time to Die  |  Nadine Brandes Awards : None Parvin Blackwater lives every moment knowing exactly when she's going to die. Everyone does. Everyone except Radicals without a Clock, that is. Parvin's Clock has one year left, but there's a problem. She's been illegally sharing her Clock with her twin brother, Reid. They don't know…

The Queen of Attolia | Book Review

The Queen of Attolia  | Megan Whalen Turner Awards: None The lovely Queen of Attolia is haunted; haunted by a thief in the night. She is determined to exact her revenge from Gen, the Queen's Thief. But what she takes from him pushes Sounis, Eddis, and Attolia over the precipice of war. With the Mede…

Son | Book Review

Son  |  Lois Lowry Awards: None When Claire was chosen as Birth Mother in the Community she knew it was a disappointment really. And though everyone says it's a vital role to the Community's survival, Claire is certain that something is wrong. After the birth of the product, Claire is left with a scar and…

Messenger | Book Review

Messenger  |  Lois Lowry Awards: None Matty lives peacefully in the Village with his foster father, Seer. Although Seer is blind, he is respected and welcomed by the people of Village, something Matty found strange when he first came to live with Seer. He comes from a different life, a harder life, where people with…

The Thief | Book Review

The Thief  |  Megan Whalen Turner Awards: Newbery Honor "I am a Master of foolhardy plans." Eugenides, or Gen as he likes to call himself, is a thief and he can steal anything. What he can't do is keep his mouth shut about it. After landing himself in the King of Sounis's prison, Gen is…